16-Year-Old Charged In Fatal Bradenton Shooting: Manatee Sheriff

BRADENTON, FL — A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the July 9 fatal shooting of an 18-year-old at Pic Town Mobile Home Park in Bradenton, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

While deputies released the suspect's name, it is Patch's policy not to identify those in the juvenile court system. MCSO hasn’t indicated whether the suspect is being charged as an adult or juvenile.

The teen killed in the shooting, Nicholas Dickinson, wasn’t the suspect’s intended victim, the agency said. Rather, the suspect was targeting the mobile home where the victim was found dead.

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Dickinson and the suspect may not have known each other, detectives added.

He was inside the home when the suspect fired at the mobile home that night.

Dickinson, who shot back, was struck once in his chest during the shootout, the sheriff’s office said. His roommate found him dead the next morning.

The suspect’s motive for the shooting is unknown and the case remains under investigation, the agency said.